Baron Edmond de Rothschild Distillery Ltd. Belmont Estate Gold Coconut Rum

This Gold Coconut Rum carries the Belmont Estate name and comes from the Baron Edmond de Rothschild distillery on St Kitts and Nevis, a column distilled molasses rum flavoured with coconut and bottled at 40%. It sits in the flavoured rum category, so it is a sweetened, seasoned product made with mixing and easy sipping in mind.

The nose offers coconut with roasted, nutty notes and a spirity lift, while the palate is sweet with coconut, sandalwood and fudge before a finish that returns to coconut. Drinkers note the coconut aroma here avoids the soapy quality of some rivals, which makes it feel cleaner and more natural in the glass. It pairs especially well with a pina colada, where the coconut sweetness has room to work, and some find it pleasant enough to sip neat or alongside a beer. Treated as the sweet coconut rum it is, it does the job nicely.